GeForce GTX 980 vs GeForce GTX Titan

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX Titan, which comes with clock speeds of 837 MHz on the GPU, and 1502 MHz on the 6144 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 2688 SPUs along with 224 TAUs and 48 Rasterization Operator Units.

Display Graphs

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 980		13552 points
GeForce GTX Titan		10162 points
	Difference: 3390 (33%)

Grand Theft Auto V | 1920x1080 | Very High

GeForce GTX 980		63 FPS
GeForce GTX Titan		52 FPS
	Difference: 11 (21%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 980		165 Watts
GeForce GTX Titan		250 Watts
	Difference: 85 Watts (52%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX Titan should in theory be quite a bit better than the GeForce GTX 980 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		288384 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 980		224000 MB/sec
	Difference: 64384 (29%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan will be quite a bit (about 30%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 980. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		187488 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 980		144128 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 43360 (30%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 980 is superior to the GeForce GTX Titan, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980		72064 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX Titan		40176 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 31888 (79%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.